2022milestones

In December, Valleywise Health Foundation was awarded a $3.2 million grant by Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust. This pivotal grant is in addition to a $2.5 million unrestricted Piper Trust Now is the Moment Grant in 2021, and $500,000 from the Trust in COVID-19 response funding in 2020, supporting Valleywise Health, Maricopa County’s public teaching health system.

The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Pavilion, opening in summer 2023, will house clinical education and simulation training and provide community gathering spaces at Valleywise Health’s Phoenix campus.

While Valleywise Health is widely recognized for its clinical training, much of the applied learning was conducted in off-site or aging facilities,” said Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Former President and CEO Mary Jane Rynd. “We are proud to support the state-of-the-art Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Pavilion, a place where healthcare professionals will learn, grow and connect to improve health and wellness in Maricopa County.”

Together, we raised more than $55,000 to help children in the Valley start the school year healthy and ready to learn in our annual Backpack Drive.

With your help, we distributed over 3,000 backpacks
at our eight Valleywise Health Family Resource Centers, which offer early childhood education, nutrition classes and more.

A record-breaking A Night in the Valley

Despite the rain and a venue change on short notice, YOU showed up in force to support our public teaching health system, Valleywise Health. On October 15, you cheered on Team Courage Rising, raised record funds toward the new Valleywise Health Medical Center opening next year and paid tribute to our deserving healthcare heroes.